Horseshoe attachment.



P. G. DEAN.

HORSE-SHOE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION 2111111 MAY 2, 1911.

998,329, I Patented July 18,1911.

WITNESSES INVENTOR I wgmw COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH |:O., WASHINGTON. D. c.

UNITED STATES PigEN T OFFICE.

PATRICK C. DEAN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

HORSESHOE ATTACHMENT.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK C. DEAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at- Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoe Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to call; attachments for horseshoes and has for its principal objects; the provision of an attachment which ina y be applied to the ordinary horseshoe by anyone without the use of any tool other than a wrench and which requires no machine work in making the attachment; and the provision of an inexpensive and durable call: which will stay attached to the shoe in proper position under severe usage and which may be readily removed from the shoe and replaced when once worn out. Certain embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figures 1, 2 and 3 are plan, side and rear views respectively of a portion of a horseshoe and its call: with the invention applied thereto, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the detachable calk or creeper block employed, such block being shown upon an enlarged scale, Figs. 5 and 6 are plan ard side elevations respectively of a modified form of the device as applied to a horse-shoe calk, and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the nuts employed.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3; 1 is a portion of a horse-shoe provided with the usual call: 2. Fitting against the front face of the calk 2 is what may be termed a creeper block 3, which creeper block is provided at one end with the perforation 4: and at the other end with the slot 5. At the rear of the call; 2 is the holding strap 6, which strap is provided with the curved leg 7 projecting around the curved portion of the shoe which may for convenience, be termed the heel of the calk. The end of the strap 6 is bent at right angles to the main portion as indicated in Fig. 1, such end 8 being threaded and constituting a holding stud or bolt. This end extends through the perforation 4 in the creeper block, and is held in position by means of the nut 9, which nut may be locked in position by slotting the end of the member and spreading it slightly. A bolt 10 is preferably used at the other side of the calk 2 for clamping the Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 18, 1911, Application filed May 2, 1911.

Serial No. 624,582.

creeper and strap together, the slot 5 in the creeper and a corresponding slot 11 in the strap permitting of a certain lateral movement of the shank of the bolt, so that the attachment may be applied to shoes having calks of different widths. The end of the bolt 10 is securedby means of the nut 12, which nut preferably has two of its sides cut away, so that a portion of the nut tits into the slot 5, such nut being indicated in perspective in Fig. 7. This arrangement prevents the nut from rotating with respect to the creeper. Any other form of nut lock might be used if desired. As indicated in Fig. 2 the end of the bolt 10 is slit at 13 so as to permit such end to be spread slightly and thus prevent the rotation of the bolt in the nut.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the attachment does not depend entirely for its security upon the tightness with which the creeper and holding strap are clamped together, but that the member 7 prevents the attachment from slipping off, and serves as a positive means for maintaining the attachment properly in position. The creeper 3 and the strap 6 may be cast in the form indicated in the drawings, so that machine work is substantially eliminated. It will be seen that the attachment may be very readily and conveniently applied without the necessity of special appliances, the only tool necessary being a wrench for turning the bolt 10 and nut 9. The attachment is removed by unscrewing the bolt 10, and then swinging the strap 6 about the threaded portion 8 as an axis, so that the nut 9 does not need to be loosened in removing the attachment. A fibrous strip 16 is preferably used between the calk 2 and creeper 3.

In Figs. 5 and 6 a modified arrangement is shown. This construction diifers from that of Figs. 1, 2 and 3 primarily in that the member 8 is separate from the strap 2 and is secured pivotally to the creeper 3 by means of the turned-up portion 1a (Fig. 6) extending through the lug 15 on the creeper block. The other end of the strap 2 and creeper block 3' are held in position by means of a bolt 10 and nut 12 corresponding in all particulars with the corresponding parts in the construction of Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The strap 2 is also provided with a portion 7 extending around the heel of the call: and performing the same function as the corresponding parts in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

.Various other modifications in the means for clamping the creeper block and strap together might obviously be made Without departing from the invention, the primary and essential feature of which is the provision of a member corresponding to the miicnber 7 fitting around the heel of the ca Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is the following 1, An attachment for a horse-shoe calk, comprising a creeper block fitting against the front face of the calk, a holding member fitting against the rear-face of the calk, means at the sides of the call; for clamping the creeper block and holding member together, and a retaining member carried by the holding member and extending around the heel of the calk.

2. An attachment for a horse-shoe calk, comprising a creeper block fitting against the front face of the calk, a holding member fitting against the rear face of the calk,

, means at the sides of the calk for clamping the creeper block and holding member together, and a retaining member integral with the holding member and bent around the heel of the calk.

3. An attachment for a horse-shoe calk, comprising a creeper block fitting against the front face of the calk, a holding strap fitting against the rear face of the calk, and provided With a curved portion extending around the heel of the call: to the upper side of the shoe, and bolts for securing the ends of the strap to the creeper block.

4. An attachment for a horse-shoe calk, comprising a creeper block fitting against the front face of the calk, a holding strap fitting against the rear face of the callr, and provided with a curved portion extending around the heel of the call: to the upper side of the shoe, and bolts for securing the ends of the strap to the creeper block, one of such bolts being integral with the strap and extending through the creeper block.

5. An attachment for a horse-shoe calk, comprising a creeper block fitting against the front face of the calk, and projecting out past the sides of the call: and provided at one end with a perforation and at the other end with a slot, a holding strap fitting against the rear face of the calk and provided with a curved portion extending around the heel of the calk to the upper side of the shoe, and holding means for the strap comprising threaded members extending through the perforation and slot in the creeper, and nuts on the threaded member, one of such nuts having opposite sides cut away so that the nut fits into the slot and is held against rotation.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of the two subscribed witnesses.

PATRICK C. DEAN.

Vitnesses JAMES C. BRADLEY, L. A. Minute.

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